CHAMPOLLION LE JEUNE Jean-François dit (1790-1832) Letters written from Egypt and Nubia in 1828 and 1829. Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1833, in-8, navy blue half calf, ribbed spine, decorated with gilt caissons (bindings rubbed). First edition, published posthumously, illustrated with 6 plates including II bis (of 7) lithographed. Letters written by Champollion during the expedition he led from 1828 to 1829, during which he was able to verify that his hieroglyphic system worked. Pl. III incomplete. Scattered brown spots.